[T]he true implications of Watson’s technology will come after it
retires from the stage and pursues a workaday career in offices and labs. That’s when Watson will shed its avatar and revert to its true nature, that of a powerful machine working for us, not against us. Watson will be a tool [...] Once you regard this technology as a powerful supplement to human cognition — and not a replacement — Watson suddenly starts to look much friendlier.

Fourth: After watching Jeopardy! for two nights now it finally hit me: Yes, Watson is a tremendous technological achievement. But the real story is what it says about our own human intelligence. It was invented by humans – incredibly smart ones, at that – and filled with humanity’s collective achievements. That it took IBM researchers four years to get here is a testament to the complexity the human mind. Watson is a fantastic way to augment humanity’s collective wisdom and achievements by making them available – instantly – to more people in the most natural way possible. That’s big. Moon landing big. And befitting of a company heading into its second century with its original motto - THINK - more in evidence than ever.

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